Graduate Study. The Graduate Group in Transportation Technology & Policy offers the M.S. (Plan I—thesis; and Plan II—exam), and Ph.D. degrees. Students complete three core courses in technology, policy, and data science and choose one of three tracks: Vehicles & Fuels, Demand & Behavior or Infrastructure & Operations. The curriculum draws on multiple disciplines including civil, mechanical, and environmental engineering, economics, statistics, political science, psychology, sociology, geography, and urban planning.

Preparation. Applicants will normally be expected to have completed two courses in calculus and one course each in calculus level statistics and microeconomics.

Program of Study. M.S. students complete three core courses, two track courses, two skills courses plus electives. Ph.D. students take the same plus an additional skill courses and additional electives. Master's degrees require a minimum of 36 quarter units and doctoral degrees require a minimum of 54 units. M.S. Plan I students may replace up to 6 units of regular course work with research (course 299) units. At least two thirds of all credits must be at the graduate level.

Graduate Study. The Graduate Group in Transportation Technology & Policy offers the M.S. (Plan I—thesis; and Plan II—exam), and Ph.D. degrees. Students complete three core courses in technology, policy, and data science and choose one of three tracks: Vehicles & Fuels, Demand & Behavior or Infrastructure & Operations. The curriculum draws on multiple disciplines including civil, mechanical, and environmental engineering, economics, statistics, political science, psychology, sociology, geography, and urban planning.

Preparation. Applicants will normally be expected to have completed two courses in calculus and one course each in calculus level statistics and microeconomics.

Program of Study. M.S. students complete three core courses, two track courses, two skills courses plus electives. Ph.D. students take the same plus an additional skill courses and additional electives. Master's degrees require a minimum of 36 quarter units and doctoral degrees require a minimum of 54 units. M.S. Plan I students may replace up to 6 units of regular course work with research (course 299) units. At least two thirds of all credits must be at the graduate level.

Graduate Advisors. Susan Handy; Gil Tal (Admissions)

Courses in TTP:

TTP200—Transportation Survey Methods(4)Active

Lecture—4 hour(s).Prerequisite(s):STA 013 or STA 013Y; ECI 251 recommended.Description of types of surveys commonly used in transportation demand modeling, including travel and activity diaries, attitudinal, panel, computer, and stated-response surveys. Discussion of sampling, experimental design, and survey design issues. Analysis methods, including factor, discriminant and cluster analysis.Not open for credit to students who have taken ECI 255.(Same course as GEO 281.)(Letter.)Effective: 2018 Spring Quarter.

TTP210—Fundamentals of Transportation Technology(4)Active

Lecture—2 hour(s); Discussion—2 hour(s).Prerequisite(s):MAT 021A; MAT 021B; MAT 022A; and Consent of Instructor. Graduate or junior/senior undergraduate as a technical elective.Limited enrollment.Designed to prepare in the basics of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer as they relate to transportation.Not open for credit to students who have completed TTP 289. (Former TTP 289.).(Letter.)Effective: 2007 Spring Quarter.

TTP220—Transportation Planning & Policy(4)Active

Lecture/Discussion—4 hour(s).Limited enrollment.Transportation planning process at the regional level, including the role of federal policy in shaping regional transportation planning, tools and techniques used in regional transportation planning, issues facing regional transportation planning agencies, pros and cons of potential solutions and strategies.Students having taken this course previously as TTP 289 cannot repeat it for credit; having taken other TTP 289 offerings does not preclude taking this course for credit.(Same course as GEO 236.)(Letter.)Effective: 2013 Winter Quarter.

Seminar—1 hour(s).Ten weeks of seminars, introducing various topics in transportation research and education, focusing on topics of particular interest at UC Davis.May be repeated for credit.(S/U grading only.)Effective: 2006 Spring Quarter.

TTP283—Professionalism, Leadership, & Ethics(1)Active

Seminar—2 hour(s).Speakers from industry, government, academia, and NGOs will lead discussions about succeeding and performing in the professional world. They will address leadership, ethics, and other workplace issues. May be repeated for credit.(S/U grading only.)Effective: 2006 Spring Quarter.

Lecture; Laboratory.Prerequisite(s):Consent of Instructor.Directed group study of special topics with instruction carried out through lecture or laboratory, or a combination of both. May be repeated for credit.(Letter.)Effective: 1997 Fall Quarter.

Lecture; Laboratory.Prerequisite(s):Consent of Instructor.Directed group study of special topics with instruction carried out lecture or laboratory, or a combination of both. May be repeated for credit.(S/U grading only.)Effective: 1999 Fall Quarter.

Internship.Prerequisite(s):Consent of Instructor. Second year standing; approval of project prior to period of internship.Supervised work experience in transportation studies. May be repeated for credit when topic differs.(S/U grading only.)Effective: 2000 Spring Quarter.